Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[J. Robinson]

Well, I'm getting down to the dregs of little things to do before disassembly. I have completed the wooding of the body, ordered my windshield frame, sent the hood sides off for louvering, and finished the bolt holes in the top of the roll bar (I enlarged the holes, welded 3/8" i.d. tubing through them, and ground them flush). I'm at the point of making a "punch list" for completion.

Near the top of that list is a mount for the battery. I am using the same small size battery that Don (Itoldyouso) has in his roadster. This little thing solves a major problem for me because there is no good place to put a full-size automotive battery. The fuel cell takes up all the space inside the rear deck. In order to run a full-size battery, I was going to have to cut a hole in the floor under the passenger seat and suspended the battery on the frame rail. Now I have a choice; I can mount the battery under the floor (this battery can be mounted in any position) or I can put it inside the car on the firewall. Regardless, I needed to make a battery box or mount.

The pictures below are pretty self-explanatory. I made the main part of the box from 2" thinwall (1/8") angle. The retaining bracket is made from 1/8" x 2" flat stock and a small T-hinge. The latch is a little piece of 1" angle, a 5/16-18 x 1 bolt and a wing nut.